298 AGRICULTURE. 



made by a Farmer, or a Farmer's fon, and 

 adopted by profeffional men, is a ftrong 

 evidence that the bonds of prejudice are at 

 length broken. 



Succession. Burnt ley ground appears 

 to be ilill the prevaihng matrix for Wheat, 

 But, as has been mentioned. Clover leys, 

 and i'urficp lands, are now more or lefs 

 fo\Yn with this crop. 



The TIME OF SOWING. In going over 

 theDiHrid, in the latter end of Odober, 

 I had an opportunity of obferving this par- 

 ticular. Sowing was then commencing. 

 But, in generai, the lime and earth ftill re- 

 mained, in roof heaps, unfprcad : and, in 

 many places, among Turneps, uneaten off. 

 Some Clover leys v^^ere then breaking up , 

 and, in one or two inflances, men and 

 women were hacking over the plowed 

 ground, to receive the feed*. November 

 is probably the principal feafon of fowing. 

 But it is thought "very well if they finifh 

 by Chriftmas." Can this be right? Is 

 th^ practice peculiarly adapted to the cli- 



mature 



■? See P. 1 89, 



